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THe ba gs always have the tag with the person's name, the name of the bag, etc. Or did she not mention whomade them, etc. That would be suspicious.

They conveniently cropped the name off of the tag in the picture. People can be so disappointing...
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And there’s the red flag. The seller has @lenie’s full name. How hard is it to put two and two together?! Find Massaccesi Handbags online, get the contact information, and alert Marco, anyone: “hey, I got these bags at an auction, there are name tags on them (!), can you contact this person and let’s get these bags to her.” Not hard at all to do that. But this seller is placing the onus on @lenie to find her bags on eBay?! That’s not being forthright at all.
 
This morning , before i read all of your posts, i actually emailed this seller about one of the bags. Letting them know that the prices were at retail and we would buy from the maker himself at those prices and that i would be interested in one of the Penelopes if the price was reduced.

The seller just responded to me and said they would be lowering the prices. Obviously i will not purchase bags stolen from Marco and Lenie. I am wondering if i should explain in a reply to this seller that these bags belong to someone who the package never reached? Or should i not say anything? Thoughts anyone?
Do not contact the seller about it. Instead, I would alert eBay and tell them exactly what you just said. Let them handle it on their end.
 
Do not contact the seller about it. Instead, I would alert eBay and tell them exactly what you just said. Let them handle it on their end.
In all fairness, this person may be innocent. IF the post office or other carrier mishandled the packages and they ended up in the unclaimed auction, the buyer is not at fault and is not legally obligated to contact anyone....ethically obligated yes, but not legally. However, there is no way to know if they were stolen, not mishandled. So... .it is not easy to know what to do. (Can you tell that I am a retired lawyer, married to a retired federal law enforcement official, lol). Seeing every side of the situation. Marco is the one who is hurt by this, unless he had them insured.
 
If I was ordering Juliette amd wanted to stay in budget ( ha..) I agree.. I would replace zipper pocket w flat pocket w snap. Zipper is hard for me to manage w phone, and outer pocket is perfect for the phone.
Oh, this is a brilliant idea...never thought of that...the zipper pocket is a little tough to get into because of the thin piece of flap that hides the zipper tape. So for my second Juliet Midi in deerskin (my first one is in pebbled) I asked for the additional snap slip pocket inspired by this thread, I think I like having both; but the above is a brilliant idea if you like having one side plain!
 
Today I ask for your prayers for the people of Oklahoma and my state, Arkansas, because of record flooding across the whole center of the state. Roads and parks are closed, snakes abound escaping the flood waters, farmers cannot plant crops and many will have their houses completely submerged. We are on high ground and the water will not reach us. Nature can be cruel at times.
This is a reminder about using' your bags and enjoying them, not worrying about little marks and scratches, etc. Life can happen and make a handbag totally irrelevant.
Praying! May everyone be safe.
 
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In all fairness, this person may be innocent. IF the post office or other carrier mishandled the packages and they ended up in the unclaimed auction, the buyer is not at fault and is not legally obligated to contact anyone....ethically obligated yes, but not legally. However, there is no way to know if they were stolen, not mishandled. So... .it is not easy to know what to do. (Can you tell that I am a retired lawyer, married to a retired federal law enforcement official, lol). Seeing every side of the situation. Marco is the one who is hurt by this, unless he had them insured.

Just throwing this out there, I was looking at this page on USPS: https://www.uspsoig.gov/blog/lost-and-found
and before going to auction, it says they open packages and do their best to use addresses to track down the package owner or sender...Marco sends tons of documentation so I am also wondering if Lenie's bags really went to auction...anyway, agreed that this hurts Marco for sure...and now I am worried about my current package that is on it's way to me...
 
I would suggest that US sellers to just stop sending by USPS. If paying more for UPS/Fedex/DHL guarantees delivery then it is worth it. Obviously those who have a package lost are those with multiple bags, costing more than €500. I don’t think the postal insurance would cover that much on Marco’s end. Either way, it’s not worth the worry of whether your package will make it or not.
Anyone in the US used UPS/Fedex/DHL? What would you guys recommend?

(I live in Canada but just want to help.
For those in Canada, EMS has been the most reliable. Fedex and UPS will require extra paperwork and hold your package if it is over CAN$1000. They don’t contact you if they hold your package, just to let you know)
 
Just throwing this out there, I was looking at this page on USPS: https://www.uspsoig.gov/blog/lost-and-found
and before going to auction, it says they open packages and do their best to use addresses to track down the package owner or sender...Marco sends tons of documentation so I am also wondering if Lenie's bags really went to auction...anyway, agreed that this hurts Marco for sure...and now I am worried about my current package that is on it's way to me...
That does make one suspicious. It would not take a genius to track down Marco.
 
I would suggest that US sellers to just stop sending by USPS. If paying more for UPS/Fedex/DHL guarantees delivery then it is worth it. Obviously those who have a package lost are those with multiple bags, costing more than €500. I don’t think the postal insurance would cover that much on Marco’s end. Either way, it’s not worth the worry of whether your package will make it or not.
Anyone in the US used UPS/Fedex/DHL? What would you guys recommend?

(I live in Canada but just want to help.
For those in Canada, EMS has been the most reliable. Fedex and UPS will require extra paperwork and hold your package if it is over CAN$1000. They don’t contact you if they hold your package, just to let you know)
I love DHL. They keep you informed about where the bag is and when they will deliver it. Bags shipped to me in the US from Australia and France have arrived in 4 days every time.
 
I would suggest that US sellers to just stop sending by USPS. If paying more for UPS/Fedex/DHL guarantees delivery then it is worth it.
Anyone in the US used UPS/Fedex/DHL? What would you guys recommend?
Marco was wary about sending my latest white box via USPS, so I approved it going via UPS
instead. It arrived without a hitch in three days. So, from now on, I will pay extra to have my orders shipped by UPS or DHL.

I, too, read about the USPS Mail Recovery Center (MRC) and the unclaimed mail auctions, which BTW, is frequented by resellers. Too many people posted negative comments about how their mail was lost and never found. The general impression I got from these comments is that the MRC is a joke.
 
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